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96. In Defense of Cannes Lions 2026
The Ad Stack’s Annual Review in which we mount a full-throated defense of the industry’s most important week, and ask only that you read each sentence…
Jun 29
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95. Squeeze to Please
A field guide to the four holding companies still standing; who’s winning, who’s hiding, who’s quietly for sale, and why the biggest ad budgets now…
Jun 15
94. The Arbitrage of Dependency
How the holding company was built on what clients didn’t know. And what happens when they figure it out.
May 4
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48. Rome is Burning, Part II
Oct 14, 2024
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76. Ad Industry Jobs Drops for 7th Consecutive Month
Jul 8, 2025
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74. Big Agencies Might be Fongooled.
Jul 1, 2025
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88. Your Redundancy Notice Has Arrived (again).
Dec 3, 2025
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84. WPP Goes Self-Serve at the Pump
Oct 30, 2025
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53. Klarna Episode 3. Year In Review.
Nov 25, 2024
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93. The Lionsgate-Runway Disaster: Hollywood’s Most Expensive Lesson in Reading the Fine Print.
And a $70 Million Bet That Answers Questions Nobody Asked.
Apr 18
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88. Your Redundancy Notice Has Arrived (again).
Sorry for ... whatever.
Dec 3, 2025
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92. Hell, A Train to California, and a Tijuana iPhone
Sora is Dead, I'm Not, and an $85mm Super Bowl Bonfire.
Mar 26
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91. The New Agency of Today!
Or at least for a short while.
Feb 2
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90. CES 2026 Headlines: A Calm, Reasonable Trade Show For a Calm, Reasonable Meltdown
Also, What will 2026 agency life look like?
Jan 14
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